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An-Nahl 16:116

وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٞ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٞ لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا يُفۡلِحُونَ

Do not falsely declare with your tongues, “This is lawful, and that is unlawful,” ˹only˺ fabricating lies against Allah. Indeed, those who fabricate lies against Allah will never succeed.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَقُولُواْ
taqūlū
say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لِمَا
limā
for that which
Vocabulary
تَصِفُ
taṣifu
assert
Vocabulary
Root: وصف
أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ
alsinatukumu
your tongues
Vocabulary
Root: لسن
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
the lie
Vocabulary
Root: كذب
هَٰذَا
hādhā
This
Vocabulary
حَلَٰلٞ
ḥalālun
(is) lawful
Vocabulary
Root: حلل
وَهَٰذَا
wahādhā
and this
Vocabulary
حَرَامٞ
ḥarāmun
(is) forbidden
Vocabulary
Root: حرم
لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ
litaftarū
so that you invent
Vocabulary
Root: فري
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ
l-kadhiba
the lie
Vocabulary
Root: كذب
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
Vocabulary
يَفۡتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
invent
Vocabulary
Root: فري
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
the lie
Vocabulary
Root: كذب
لَا
lā
they will not succeed
Vocabulary
يُفۡلِحُونَ
yuf'liḥūna
they will not succeed
Vocabulary
Root: فلح

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.